gauthier.grousset@ec.europa.eu

European Commission

DG Education and Culture

The EIT Innovation Model

GROWTHINNOVATIONCAPABILITIES

JOBS

Businesscreation activities

Higher education activities

Innovation-driven

research activities Research

actors

Businessactors

Higher education

actors

Entrepreneurialtalent

Start-ups,Spin-offs

New products, services and business

models

Societal

Challenges

From student to entrepreneur

From idea to product

From lab to customer

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

EIT Knowledge and Innovation

Communities

The KIC model: A business logic

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High degree of integration: each KIC is an

independent legal entity, gathering partners

from across the knowledge triangle based

on a contractual partnership with the EIT.

Long-term strategic approach: each KIC is

set up for a minimum of 7 years to

eventually become sustainable.

Autonomy and flexibility: to determine

organisational structure and activities

governed by a Board of KIC partner

organisations.

The co-location model: each KIC consists of

a number of innovation hotspots building

and leveraging on local capacities (5-9 per

KIC).

Results & high impact oriented activities: 7

year Strategy and Annual Business Plan

Culture: shaped by strong entrepreneurial

mind-sets, and culture

Synergies & complementarities: at national,

European and international level

The EIT in Spain

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• In 2017, Spanish organizations received

over € 20 million of EIT funding

• 147 participating organizations (3rd

largest)

• 11% of all EIT participating organizations

are Spanish

• From 2014 to 2017, Spanish organizations

received more than 63 million € in EIT

funding.

• Co-locations centers

- EIT Climate-KIC in Valencia

- EIT Digital and EIT Food in Madrid

- EIT Health and EIT InnoEnergy in

Barcelona (and soon EIT Urban

Mobility)

- EIT Manufacturing in Bilbao (soon)

Participating Universities: Pol. Madrid,

Pol. Catalunya, Pol. Valencia, Madrid,

Barcelona, Alicante, Navarra, Valencia,

Huelva, CEU Cardenal Herrera, etc.

HEIs9%

Business54%

Research28%

Other9%

Participating organisations

HEIs Business Research Other

The EIT in Portugal

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• In 2017, Portuguese organizations

received almost € 4 million of EIT funding

• 34 participating organizations

• From 2014 to 2017, Portuguese

organizations received more than 9

million € in EIT funding.

• KIC offices

- EIT Digital satellite in Braga

Participating Universities: Porto, Evora,

Coimbra, Lisbon, FCT Lisbon, Instituto

Superior Tecnico, ISCTE-IUL, etc.

HEIs38%

Business41%

Research15%

other6%

Participating organisations

HEIs Business Research other

Key Characteristics:

• Linking education, research and business

• Learning by doing curricula and robust entrepreneurship education

• International, inter-organisational and cross-sectorial mobility

Education Activities

EIT Education Portfolio:Master programmes

• International cooperation and industry involvement

• Mobility, internships and scholarships/ fellowships

Doctoral programmes and schools

• Training on specific skills and competences

• Mobility, internships and scholarships/ fellowships

Executive training & post-doctoral courses

• Continuous professional development courses (e.g.

Climate-KIC Pioneers, Catalyst, Spotlight; EIT Health

Campus Training for Professionals)

• Learning modules and MOOCs

EIT LabelA certificate of

quality

Educating the next generation of

entrepreneurs, innovators &

change-makers

Support for finalising and commercialising technological innovations

Aim is to develop products/services that address a specific business opportunity.

Support is offered to consortia and to individual innovators.

Funding to demonstrators, pilots, proofs of concept, etc.

Innovation-support activitiesInnovation Activities

New products, services, processes & business models for Europe

Transdisciplinary & multicultural teams working together on global challenges

Support to entrepreneurship

Range of business support services to help entrepreneurs translate their ideas into successful businesses.

Services focus on areas such as support for technology, market assessment, access to human resources, seed and venture capital.

Activities include business plan competitions, pre-incubation and incubation services, access to trainings, support to scaling-up.

Entrepreneurship Activities

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EIT Results

Outlook to the future

Horizon Europe: evolution not revolution

Proposed budget of EUR 3 billion25% increase compared to H2020

EIT: what’s new

Reinforce and expand the EIT

RIS (Regional Innovation

Scheme) to drive regions where

innovation is modest or moderate

towards excellence

• Support the development of

innovation and entrepreneurship

capabilities of the higher

education sector

EIT: expected impacts

• Better integration of education, research, business and

entrepreneurship for better delivery on EU strategic priorities

• Strengthened innovation ecosystems that address global challenges

• Reinforced R&I capacity in regions with modest or moderate

innovation activity through innovation hubs, co-location centers, their

activities and networking

• Transformation of universities across the EU (more entrepreneurial,

collaborative; with advanced digital and innovation skills; non-disciplinary

collaborations between industry and academia)

Thank you

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